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' July 4, 1933. A. M, MULDOON RUG Filed Nov. 30, 1931 INVENTORJill/101257 .fl-flllldoolz BY 6mm, Nana/us ATTORNEY Patented July 4,1933 erner PATENT ANTHONY M. MULDOON, OF ENGLISHTOWN, NEW JERSEY RUGApplication filed November 30, 1931; Serial No. 578,021.

- This invention relates to the art of weaving tufted pile rugs or otherfabrics and more particularly to an improved rug that shows the patternor design on the back of the rug as well as on the face thereof, and themethod of weaving the same.

Heretofore rugs of the so-called oriental type have been made that showthe design on the back as well as the face of the rug but 3 these haveproven unsatisfactory in practice for various reasons. In all of theserugs, with which applicant is aware, the tuft bends or loops which formthe pattern on the back also serve to form the wearing surface of 13 therug and of course after a time the design wears off. This type of rugalso necessitates duplicating of the weave on both sides of the rug withconsequent use of con siderable quantity of material making the 90 costof such rugs considerable. Applicant is aware of other attempts to weavea rug of this character such as carrying the looped portions of thetufts to the back of the rug and extending or bulging the looped portionlaterally. Such looped portions and lat eral extensions in these rugsalso form the wearing surface and present a very loose weave and soonbecome displaced and the de-.

sign disappears.

It is a primary object of my present invention to provide a rug on anAxminster loom that shows the pattern or design on the back as well ason the face of the rug. Another object is to provide such a rug in whichthe pattern or design that appears on the back of the rug does not formthe wearing surface thereof. Still another object is to provide such arug in which there is a substantial body to the fabric. A further 0object is to provide a rug that has an attractive back portion. Afurther object is to provide a rug that is simple in construction andeconomical to manufacture. A still further object is to provide a novelmethod of weaving a tufted pile fabric wherein the tuft bends arevisible on the back of the rug but are protected from wear by the weftsand binders.

My invention will be better understood from the description thereof tofollow taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which-Figure 1 is a face view of an improved rug woven by my. presentinvention.

Figure 2 is a View of the back of the same rug.

higure 3 is an enlarged sectional View with the fabric spread apart toshow the relative position of the tufts, wefts and warps in the rug.

Figure f is a sectional view showing the fabric tightly woven.

i Vith reference to the drawing, my improved rug 5 has the pattern ordesign represented by a star 6 on the face *2" as Well as on the back 8thereof.

The rug 5 comprises or is formed of parallel rows of tufted pile, eachrow consisting of a number of tufts positioned side by side and loopedabout a shot of weft. The face 7 comprises the free ends of the tufts 9after they are looped about the first shot of weft indicated as 10. Thetufts 9 are of different colors, at least four different colors beingpossible with my improved rug, and are arranged in the rug to form apattern, such as the star 6, or any other desired pattern.

My improved rug comprises the ordinary three shot weave, the first shotbeing indicated at 10, the second shot being indicated at 11, and thethird shot being indicated at 12. Passing between these shots in astraight direction are the warp threads or stulfers 13 and H; andinterwoven between and around said shots are two more chain or binderwarp threads indicated at 15 and 16. Looped around the first shot 10 arethe tufts 9 with their free ends extending straight upwardly and theirroots or bends below the stuffer 1 f. These tufts are made of wool yarnor other suitable material and may be of four different colors.

In the ordinary three shot rug the tuft bends 17 are hidden behind thelowermost shot 12 and only the binders and wefts are seen at the back ofthe rug. In my improved rug, these tuft bends 17 are positioned to oneside of the lowermost shot 12 and are visible at the rear of the rug.These tufts are sowoven in the fabric that their lowermost portion isslightly above the lowermost por tion of the shot 12 and the warpthreads 15 and 16 so that these lowermost portions of the said shot 12and threads 15 and 16 form the wearing surface of the rug. By reason ofthis construction, the tuft bends are visible and are also protectedfrom wear.

In the ordinary three shot rug, there are only three warp threads, twousually passing straight through the shots and corresponding to stuifers13 and 14, and another and third interwoven between the shots. In myimproved rug, interweaving the warp thread 15 as aforesaid prevents theshot 10 from r being positioned directly above the lowermost shot 12.Interweaving the warp thread 16 as aforesaid prevents the uppermost shot11 from being carried over and being positioned above the first shot orshot 10, and also prevents said shot 11 from bending the tufts 9laterally. The addition of an extra warp thread interwoven as aforesaidalso helps to fill the fabric as will be understood.

I claim:

1. A tufted pile rug woven with three shots of weft comprising twoseries of stuifer warps extending substantially straight through thefabric in parallel planes, the first shot of weft lying between bothstuffer warps, the second shot of weft lying above the stuffer warps,the third shot of weft lying below both stuffer warps, a binder warpinterwoven about the three shots of weft and passing across and abovethe first shot, a second binder warp interwoven about the three shots ofweft and passing across and below the first shot of weft, and tuftslooped about the first shot of weft having bights positioned between thesecond and third shots of weft whereby said bights are exposed and thesame pattern shows both upon the face and back of the rug.

2. A tufted pile rug comprising three sets of weft threads interwovenwith two set-s of stuffer warps and two sets of chain warps, the threesets of weft threads being arranged in upper, intermediate and lowerplanes, and pile tufts, said pile tufts being looped around the weftthreads in the intermediate plane, one set of the staffer warpsextending between the weft threads of the upper plane and the weftthreads of the intermediate plane and the other set of stuffer warpsextending between the weft threads of the intermediate plane and theweft threads of the bottom plane, one set of chain warps eX- tendingover the weft threads in the upper plane and underneath the weft threadsin the other two planes and the other set of chain warps extending overthe weft threads in the intermediate plane and under the weft threads inthe lower plane whereby the pile tufts are held on their respective weftthreads between adjacent weft threads in the upper plane with theirbights visible at the back of the rug.

3. A tufted pile rug comprising three sets of weft threads interwovenwith two sets of stuffer warps and two sets of chain warps, the threesets of weft threads being arranged in upper, intermediate and lowerplanes, and pile tufts, said pile tufts being looped around the weftthreads in the intermediate plane, one set of the stuffer warpsextending between the weft threads of the upper plane and the weftthreads of the intermediate plane and the other set of stuifer warpsextending between the weft threads of the intermediate plane and theweft threads of the bottom plane, one set of chain warps extending overthe weft threads in the upper plane and underneath the weft threads inthe other two planes and the other set of chain warps extending over thewefts in the intermediate and upper planes and underthe wefts in thelower plane, the chain warps being arranged to lock the loops of thepile tufts between the weft threads of the upper and lower planes andbetween the adj acent weft threads so that the pattern is visible fromthe back.

4. A tufted pile rug comprising three sets of weft threads interwovenwith two sets of stuffer warps and two sets of binder warps, the threesets of weft threads being arranged in upper, intermediate and lowerlayers, and pile tufts looped around the weft threads in theintermediate layer, one set of staffer warps extending between the weftthreads of the upper layer and the weft threads of the intermediatelayer, the other set of stuffer-warps extending between the weft threadsof the intermediate layer and the weft threads of the lower layer,binder warps passing respectively above and below the weft threads ofthe intermediate layer to hold said weft threads and the attached .piletufts in position laterally and vertically between the adjacent upperand lower weft threads, some of the binder warps passing below the lowerweft threads and some of the binder warps passing above the upper weftthreads, the bights of the pile tufts being visible at the back of therug.

5. A tufted pile rug comprising three sets of weft threads interwovenwith two sets of stuffer warps and two sets of chain warps, the threesets of weft threads being arranged in upper, intermediate and lowerlayers, and pile tufts looped around the weft threads in theintermediate layer, one set of the stuifer warps extending between theweft threads of the upper layerand the weft threads of the intermediatelayer and the other set of stuffer warps extending between the weftthreads of the intermediate layer and the weft threads of the bottomlayer, one set of chain warps passing successively over weft threads inthe upper layer, then over weft the succeeding weft threads whereby eachpile loop is held on a weftthread in the intermediate layer and betweentwo weft threads in the upper layer and the bight of each loop isvisible at the back between successive weft threads in the lower layer.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature.

ANTHONY M. MULDOON.

